The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-02

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when deposited in banks or invested in
other directions. A farm cannot be too
highly improved.
With fattening cattle very small ra-
tion of water once a day will be su ficlcnt
milch COWS should be induced to drink
twice day. The water should be warmed
in chilly weather.
Fresh ground oyster shells and fresh
ground bone about the poultry house,
and a warm breakfast of ground corn
mc.ll will greatly help the hens to In
crease their power to lay in winter.
In planting a NV orchard some grow
ers plant peach trees between apple trees
in the orchard or garden. The peach
grows and bears quickly, yielding
largely before the apple trees need the
space.
Weeds, in growing, take from the soil
the same plant food as do the plants OF
our crops. Dry weeds contain potash,
phosphoric acids and other plant food
Stored in the stems. Rake them up and
burn them.
When covering plants for winter it
should be remembered that some plants
NAV be killed by too mach protection,
and such covering should be around the
plants ather than over them. the object
being to prevent sudden thawing and
freezing.
Cows need light, not only for their
own health and comfort, but because
good butter cannot be made from the
milk of COWS kept in dark stables. Air,
light, cleanliness and warmth are four
essentials Of COW stable where cows are
kept for profit.
Gilt edge butter cannot be produced
unless the udder and teats of the COW
and the hands of the mixer are washed
before milking the COW. The milk must
then be removed from the stable a quick
ly as possible, as it will absorb odors as
soon as it becomes cool.
The consumption of food by dairy
stock is paid back in three-fold way
milk, growth of stock, and the value of
the manure, which last often balances
the first cost of the food. 1t is in that
respect that stock-raising is superior to
exclusive grain growing.
The milk supply of breeding sows
kept in pens during hot weather is very
apt to be curtailed by lack of drink. 1t
is surprising to most observers for the
first time to note how much more water
sowS will drink which have sucking
pigs than is needed by others fattening
on the same field.
One of the most convenient properties
to b: looked to in purchasing or leasing
farm is good stock water. But water
less farms can sometimes be supplied by
artesian wells. The water ram, too, so
seldom used, is inexpensive, and is not
liable to get out of order, while it will
force water a considerable distance.
Meats for the consumption of small
family can be smoked by sdspending the
hams from bars laid across large barrel,
open at both ends, set over shoulder
ing fire. Corncobs make a good smoke,
and bay leaves and uniper berries burned
with them give the meat slightly arc
matte flavor. Cover the barrel while the
smoking is gJing on. So says the loua
Register.
The use of brine among the butter
makers is becoming more popular than it
used to be, and is now used by some in
washing the butter, and in some cases
the sailing Of the butter is confined to
the use of brine in washing. tits found
that if butter is washed with brine, and
no fresh water is subsequently employed,
the butter will be made as salt as many
people like it, and as salt as it ought
to be.
There is no such thing as luck in the
pou try business. The person who waits
for Mr. Luck to raise his chicks will BIZ
badly left at the end of the season. The
luck that awaits anyone depends entirely
on his judgment, experience, the time
and labor spent, as we'll as the money in
vested. Success can be achieved by the
industrious, but don't trust to luck, or
you will get fooled every time. He is a
mighty treacherous old man.
Many fail with camellias in the house
only because of not understanding tn ir
necd@. They grow naturally in damp,
shady places, and the conditions found
here should be approximated in the Win
dow. Give plenty of water at all times,
but should the drainage in the pots be
defective it must be remedied by using
plenty of drainage material in the bot
tom of each. An excellent way to grow
the camcllia is to set the pot inside of
second one, that is enough larger than
the one the plant is in, to allow of an
inch of sand between the two. This Sc.
cures agreeable moisture. The leaves
also should be moistened on alternate
days with light spray Of water or by
sponging the surface. Fifty to fifty five
degrees of heat suits the plants at this
season.